Living with Frailty: From Assets and Deficits to Resilience

by Shibley Rahman

Book Overview

Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?', as well as 'what makes us ill?'. What does this shift mean for frailty? This ground-breaking book takes a holistic approach to frailty. It connects the medical literature with the wider social science discourse on ageing, and focuses on promoting wellbeing and the building up of strengths. Drawing together the latest biomedical evidence and good practice, it explores ideas about assets and resilience,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138301205
• ISBN13: 9781138301207
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"